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The Ambassadors
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The Ambassadors is the story of early 20th century American Puritanism and how such attitudes restrict the joy of living a full life. When Lewis Strether's widowed fiancé, Mrs. Newsome, sends him to Paris to convince her wayward son, Chad, to return to Massachusetts and take his place in the family business, life gets complicated.
Fully expecting to find Chad in disastrous circumstances, Lewis is surprised to discover that his future stepson is happy and has no interest in returning to the United States. While in Paris, Lewis also experiences the strange allure of a society that focuses on joy and consequently, he is not so anxious to return to the restrictive life he had in Massachusetts.
When first published, Henry James’s The Ambassadors received mixed reviews. While some believed it to be one of his finest works, others were not as enamored, though over the years it has earned its place as one of the best novels published in the 20th century.
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- Duración: 27 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 215
Can You Forgive Her? is the first of the six Palliser novels. Here Trollope examines parliamentary election and marriage, politics and privacy. As he dissects the Victorian upper class, issues and people shed their pretenses under his patient, ironic probe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Very Victorian
- De David en 09-27-11
De: Anthony Trollope
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The Remains of the Day
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,581
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,209
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,196
This is Kazuo Ishiguro's profoundly compelling portrait of a butler named Stevens. Stevens, at the end of three decades of service at Darlington Hall, spending a day on a country drive, embarks as well on a journey through the past in an effort to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving the "great gentleman," Lord Darlington. But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington's "greatness," and much graver doubts about the nature of his own life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful and ever relevant
- De bbots en 07-04-20
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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The House of Mirth
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Eleanor Bron
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,592
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,388
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,382
Beautiful, sophisticated and endlessly ambitious Lily Bart endeavours to climb the social ladder of New York's elite by securing a good match and living beyond her means. Now nearing 30 years of age and having rejected several proposals, forever in the hope of finding someone better, her future prospects are threatened. A damning commentary of 20th-century social order, Edith Wharton's tale established her as one of the greatest British novelists of the 1900s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Like Henry James but more accessible
- De Merlin en 08-19-12
De: Edith Wharton
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Swann's Way
- De: Marcel Proust, Scott Moncrieff - translator
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 21 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79
Swann’s Way is the first and best-known part of Proust’s monumental work, Remembrance of Things Past. Often compared to a symphony, this complex masterpiece is ideally suited for audio. Listening lets you appreciate anew the incredible beauty of Proust’s language and the uniqueness of his style. The novel’s narrator, Marcel, finds the true meaning of experience in memories stimulated by some random object or event.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful, BUT
- De Michael en 02-04-13
De: Marcel Proust, y otros
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An American Tragedy
- De: Theodore Dreiser
- Narrado por: Dan John Miller
- Duración: 34 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 870
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 765
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 769
An American Tragedy is the story of Clyde Griffiths, who spends his life in the desperate pursuit of success. On a deeper, more profound level, it is the masterful portrayal of the society whose values both shape Clyde's ambitions and seal his fate; it is an unsurpassed depiction of the harsh realities of American life and of the dark side of the American dream.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Funny in Perspective
- De Michael en 11-23-14
De: Theodore Dreiser
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3 Classic Novels
- Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park
- De: Jane Austen
- Narrado por: Geoffrey Giuliano, The Spire
- Duración: 36 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
Welcome to the world of Jane Austen, one of the most beloved authors in the English language. Austen's works are known for their wit, social commentary, and romantic storylines that have captivated readers for generations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic Novels are the best.
- De Maureen Hart en 09-07-23
De: Jane Austen
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The Glimpses of the Moon
- De: Edith Wharton
- Narrado por: Anna Fields
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 63
Set in the 1920s, The Glimpses of the Moon details the romantic misadventures of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch, a couple with the right connections but not much in the way of funds. They devise a shrewd bargain: they'll marry and spend a year or so sponging off their wealthy friends, honeymooning in their mansions and villas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't stop listening
- De Michael Breed en 12-09-09
De: Edith Wharton
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The Gambler
- De: Fyodor Dostoevsky, C. J. Hogarth - translator
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 6 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
The Gambler is a psychologically probing novel concerning the gambling episodes, tangled love affairs, and complicated lives of Alexis Ivanovitch, a young gambling addict; Polina Alexandrovna, the woman he loves; a pair of French adventurers; and other characters. Narrated by Alexis, this short novel is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's own experiences as a compulsive gambler.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book, great narration, proper pronunciation
- De Mike R. en 09-16-11
De: Fyodor Dostoevsky, y otros
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Thus Bad Begins
- A Novel
- De: Javier Marias, Margaret Jull Costa
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 16 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 38
Madrid, 1980. Juan de Vere, nearly finished with his university degree, takes a job as personal assistant to Eduardo Muriel, an eccentric, once-successful film director. Urbane, discreet, irreproachable, Muriel is an irresistible idol to the young man. But Muriel's voluptuous wife, Beatriz, inhabits their home like an unwanted ghost, and on the periphery of their lives is Dr. Jorge Van Vechten, a family friend implicated in unsavory rumors that Muriel now asks Juan to investigate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating plot, superb performance, psychological depth
- De Doctor George en 12-05-16
De: Javier Marias, y otros
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The Ladies of Rosings Park
- A Pride and Prejudice Sequel and Companion to The Darcys of Pemberley
- De: Shannon Winslow
- Narrado por: Marian Hussey
- Duración: 12 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
Chapter by chapter, these ladies of Rosings Park take turns telling the tale from the moment Elizabeth Bennet sets foot in Hunsford, changing everything. Is Anne heartbroken or relieved to discover Mr. Darcy will never marry her? As an heiress, even a sickly one, she must have other suitors. Does Lady Catherine gracefully accept the defeat of her original plan or keep conniving? Will Anne’s health ever improve? And what really happened to her father?
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2 out of 5 stars
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NOT Jane Austen
- De susan en 03-02-19
De: Shannon Winslow
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The Castle
- De: Franz Kafka
- Narrado por: Allan Corduner
- Duración: 13 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 119
A land-surveyor, known only as K., arrives at a small village permanently covered in snow and dominated by a castle to which access seems permanently denied. K.'s attempts to discover why he has been called constantly run up against the peasant villagers, who are in thrall to the absurd bureaucracy that keeps the castle shut, and the rigid hierarchy of power among the self-serving bureaucrats themselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A masculine and coquettish reading
- De Alan en 05-27-12
De: Franz Kafka
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Jennie Gerhardt
- A Novel
- De: Theodore Dreiser
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 13 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Jennie Gerhardt is the tragic story of an innocent, caring, beautiful young girl from an extremely poor family who throughout her life is drawn into affairs with two different men from a much higher social class. How members of her family, the family of one of the wealthy men, and society in general react to her situation is the basis of this classic story.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Need a pick me up.
- De knvmxi en 05-15-16
De: Theodore Dreiser
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The Woman in White
- De: Wilkie Collins
- Narrado por: Andrea Giordani
- Duración: 25 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 38
Through a series of calculated moves that involve death and a large inheritance, a small community is rocked and shrouded in mystery at the hands of the conniving Sir Percival Glyde, who is interested only in making himself wealthy at the hands of others.... Celebrated as one of the first popular mystery novels, The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins, skillfully incorporates the twisting and turning of more than a few plot lines that all manage to converge beautifully at the end of the work.
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3 out of 5 stars
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horrible technically - echoes at most of the words
- De James D. Coburn en 12-30-15
De: Wilkie Collins
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Sanditon
- Jane Austen's Unfinished Masterpiece Completed
- De: Jane Austen, Juliette Shapiro
- Narrado por: Helen Lloyd
- Duración: 7 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 382
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 339
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 338
Had Jane Austen lived to complete Sanditon, it would have been as treasured as her other novels. In the half-finished masterpiece, Austen fashions one of her classic heroines: Charlotte Heywood. The surviving fragment also sets the story well on its path as Charlotte begins an adventure to Sanditon where a full cast of characters becomes intertwined in various intrigues.
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3 out of 5 stars
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There is a reason Jane didn't finish this book
- De ELEANOR FOWSER en 06-21-14
De: Jane Austen, y otros
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The Ambassadors
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: John Chancer
- Duración: 19 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 33
American Lambert Strether is sent to Paris on behalf of Mrs. Newsome, his fiancée, to collect her son, Chad. When Strether finds Chad, he discovers an altered man and becomes introduced to a free and unconventional style of life that soon intoxicates him. His views begin to change; the morality of Woollett, his hometown, becomes foreign, and the "ambassador" loses sight of his mission....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but unfulfilling
- De Michael en 05-21-19
De: Henry James
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The Ambassadors
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 18 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
Lambert Strether, a mild, middle-aged American of no particular achievements, is dispatched to Paris from the manufacturing empire of Woollett, Massachusetts. The mission conferred on him by his august patron, Mrs. Newsome, is to discover what, or who, is keeping her son Chad in the notorious city of pleasure and to bring him home. But Strether finds Chad transformed by the influence of a remarkable woman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Henry James can be hard to follow but worth it
- De Patricia en 01-29-13
De: Henry James
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The Ambassadors
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Peter Gray
- Duración: 20 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General3 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 19
Here is Henry James' dark comedic masterpiece, written in the final period of his life. Lambert Strether goes to Paris to bring back Chad, son of the wealthy New England widow he plans to marry. But he gradually comes to feel that life in Paris may hold more for him than in Woollett, Massachusetts.
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1 out of 5 stars
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terrible recording
- De london girl en 12-07-08
De: Henry James
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The Golden Bowl
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 25 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 85
Wealthy Maggie Verver has everything she could ever ask for - except a husband and a title. While in Italy, acquiring art for his museum back in the States, Maggie’s millionaire father, Adam, decides to remedy this and acquire a husband for Maggie. Enter Prince Amerigo, of a titled but now poor aristocratic Florentine family. Amerigo is the perfect candidate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If you don't love this book, it's your fault
- De Viewer en 09-14-18
De: Henry James
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The American
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Adam Sims
- Duración: 14 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Self-made American millionaire Christopher Newman arrives in Paris brimming with hope and optimism, excited to experience the culture and, hopefully, find the perfect woman to become his wife. After a chance encounter with American expatriate friends, his attention is drawn to Madame de Cintré, 25-year-old widowed daughter of the late Marquis de Bellegarde. Having fallen on hard times, the centuries-old aristocratic family permits Newman's courtship to proceed; however, they later persuade the widow to break off her engagement to the nouveau-riche businessman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent reading
- De Andorboth en 12-03-22
De: Henry James
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The Ambassadors
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Flo Gibson
- Duración: 15 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
James considers this book to be his masterpiece! Various "ambassadors" are sent to Paris to persuade Chad Newsome to return to his New England town and attend to his business interests there. One of these envoys, Lambert Strether, is so impressed with Chad's suavity and charm that he advises him to stay with Mme. de Vionnet in France.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A dense, intricate, beautiful work
- De Eugene en 11-03-17
De: Henry James
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The Ambassadors
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: John Chancer
- Duración: 19 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 33
American Lambert Strether is sent to Paris on behalf of Mrs. Newsome, his fiancée, to collect her son, Chad. When Strether finds Chad, he discovers an altered man and becomes introduced to a free and unconventional style of life that soon intoxicates him. His views begin to change; the morality of Woollett, his hometown, becomes foreign, and the "ambassador" loses sight of his mission....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but unfulfilling
- De Michael en 05-21-19
De: Henry James
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The Ambassadors
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 18 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
Lambert Strether, a mild, middle-aged American of no particular achievements, is dispatched to Paris from the manufacturing empire of Woollett, Massachusetts. The mission conferred on him by his august patron, Mrs. Newsome, is to discover what, or who, is keeping her son Chad in the notorious city of pleasure and to bring him home. But Strether finds Chad transformed by the influence of a remarkable woman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Henry James can be hard to follow but worth it
- De Patricia en 01-29-13
De: Henry James
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The Ambassadors
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Peter Gray
- Duración: 20 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General3 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 19
Here is Henry James' dark comedic masterpiece, written in the final period of his life. Lambert Strether goes to Paris to bring back Chad, son of the wealthy New England widow he plans to marry. But he gradually comes to feel that life in Paris may hold more for him than in Woollett, Massachusetts.
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1 out of 5 stars
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terrible recording
- De london girl en 12-07-08
De: Henry James
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The Golden Bowl
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 25 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 85
Wealthy Maggie Verver has everything she could ever ask for - except a husband and a title. While in Italy, acquiring art for his museum back in the States, Maggie’s millionaire father, Adam, decides to remedy this and acquire a husband for Maggie. Enter Prince Amerigo, of a titled but now poor aristocratic Florentine family. Amerigo is the perfect candidate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If you don't love this book, it's your fault
- De Viewer en 09-14-18
De: Henry James
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The American
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Adam Sims
- Duración: 14 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Self-made American millionaire Christopher Newman arrives in Paris brimming with hope and optimism, excited to experience the culture and, hopefully, find the perfect woman to become his wife. After a chance encounter with American expatriate friends, his attention is drawn to Madame de Cintré, 25-year-old widowed daughter of the late Marquis de Bellegarde. Having fallen on hard times, the centuries-old aristocratic family permits Newman's courtship to proceed; however, they later persuade the widow to break off her engagement to the nouveau-riche businessman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent reading
- De Andorboth en 12-03-22
De: Henry James
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The Ambassadors
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Flo Gibson
- Duración: 15 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
James considers this book to be his masterpiece! Various "ambassadors" are sent to Paris to persuade Chad Newsome to return to his New England town and attend to his business interests there. One of these envoys, Lambert Strether, is so impressed with Chad's suavity and charm that he advises him to stay with Mme. de Vionnet in France.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A dense, intricate, beautiful work
- De Eugene en 11-03-17
De: Henry James